2014 MAC Football Schedule Announced

By Kevin Kelley -

The 2014 MAC Football Schedule was officially announced today. Conference play begins on Saturday, Aug. 30 when Ohio travels to Kent State.

The regular season concludes with the Marathon MAC Championship Game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, December 5, 2014 (ESPN2).

Featured non-conference games for the MAC in 2014 include Akron at Penn State, Ball State at Iowa, Bowling Green at Wisconsin, Baylor at Buffalo, Syracuse at Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan at Michigan State, Kent State at Ohio State, Miami (OH) at Cincinnati, Northern Illinois at Arkansas, Ohio at Kentucky, Missouri at Toledo, UMass at Vanderbilt, and Western Michigan at Virginia Tech.

2014 MAC Football Schedules

East Division

West Division

2014 MAC Football Schedule (Composite)

All times listed ET
*Conference Game
#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date. One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).

Thursday, Aug. 28
Howard at Akron, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Presbyterian at NIU, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPN3)
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Central Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)

Friday, Aug. 29
Bowling Green at Western Kentucky, 8:00 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)

Saturday, Aug. 30
Colgate at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Boston College at UMass, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Duquesne at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Marshall at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Morgan State at Eastern Michigan, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
*Ohio at Kent State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
New Hampshire at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Western Michigan at Purdue

Saturday, Sep. 6
Buffalo at Army, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
Missouri at Toledo, Noon ET (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
South Alabama at Kent State, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Colorado at UMass, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Eastern Kentucky at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Ohio at Kentucky, 3:30 pm ET (ESPNU)
VMI at Bowling Green, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Eastern Michigan at Florida, 4:00 pm ET (SEC Network)
Akron at Penn State
Ball State at Iowa
Central Michigan at Purdue
NIU at Northwestern

Friday, Sep. 12
Toledo at Cincinnati, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
Baylor at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)

Saturday, Sep. 13
Indiana at Bowling Green, Noon ET (ESPNU/ESPNews)
Ohio at Marshall, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
Syracuse at Central Michigan, Noon ET (ESPNU/ESPNews)
UMass at Vanderbilt, Noon ET (FOX Sports Net)
Indiana State at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Western Michigan at Idaho, 5:00 pm ET (TBA)
Eastern Michigan at Old Dominion
Kent State at Ohio State
Miami at Michigan
NIU at UNLV

Saturday, Sep. 20
*Ball State at Toledo
Bowling Green at Wisconsin
Central Michigan at Kansas
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State
Idaho at Ohio
Marshall at Akron
Miami at Cincinnati
Murray State at Western Michigan
Norfolk State at Buffalo
NIU at Arkansas
UMass at Penn State

Saturday, Sep. 27
*Bowling Green at UMass, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
*Miami at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (TBA)
Akron at Pittsburgh
*Central Michigan at Toledo
Eastern Illinois at Ohio
Kent State at Virginia
Western Michigan at Virginia Tech

Saturday, Oct. 4
*Eastern Michigan at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
*Toledo at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (TBA)
Ball State at Army
*Buffalo at Bowling Green
*Kent State at NIU
*Ohio at Central Michigan
*UMass at Miami

Saturday, Oct. 11
*Bowling Green at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
*Western Michigan at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
Toledo at Iowa State, 3:30 pm ET (Mediacom Cable/Cyclones.tv)
*Central Michigan at NIU, 5:00 pm ET (TBA)
*Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
*Miami at Akron
*UMass at Kent State

Saturday, Oct. 18
Army at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (TBA)
*Akron at Ohio
*Ball State at Central Michigan
*Eastern Michigan at UMass
*Miami at NIU
*Western Michigan at Bowling Green

Saturday, Oct. 25
*UMass at Toledo, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
*Kent State at Miami, 2:30 pm ET (TBA)
*Akron at Ball State
*Central Michigan at Buffalo
*NIU at Eastern Michigan
*Ohio at Western Michigan

Saturday, Nov. 1
*Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan
*Western Michigan at Miami

Tuesday, Nov. 4
#*Bowling Green at Akron, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
#*Toledo at Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Wednesday, Nov. 5
#*Buffalo at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
#*NIU at Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Tuesday, Nov. 11
#*Akron at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
#*Toledo at NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Wednesday, Nov. 12
#*Ball State at UMass, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
#*Kent State at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Saturday, Nov. 15
*Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
*Miami at Central Michigan

Tuesday, Nov. 18
#*NIU at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*UMass at Akron, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Wednesday, Nov. 19
#*Bowling Green at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
#*Kent State at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Saturday, Nov. 22
*Eastern Michigan at Ball State
*Western Michigan at Central Michigan

Tuesday, Nov. 25
#*Akron at Kent State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)
#*Ohio at Miami, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)

Friday, Nov. 28
#*Ball State at Bowling Green, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Buffalo at UMass, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*NIU at Western Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Toledo at Eastern Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Friday, Dec. 5
Marathon MAC Championship Game, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

2014 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date. One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).

EAST DIVISION

Akron
Aug.
28 Howard, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Penn State
20 Marshall
27 at Pittsburgh
Oct.
4 *Eastern Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
11 *Miami
18 *at Ohio
25 *at Ball State
Nov.
4 #*Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
11 #*at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
18 #*UMass, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN3)
25 #*at Kent State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)

Bowling Green
Aug.
29 at Western Kentucky, 8:00 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Sept.
6 VMI, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
13 Indiana, Noon ET (ESPNU/ESPNews)
20 at Wisconsin
27 *at UMass, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
Oct.
4 *Buffalo
11 *at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
18 *Western Michigan
Nov.
4 #*at Akron, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
12 #*Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 #*at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
28 #*Ball State, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Buffalo
Aug.
30 Duquesne, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Army, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
12 Baylor, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
20 Norfolk State
27 *Miami, 3:30 pm ET (TBA)
Oct.
4 *at Bowling Green
11 *at Eastern Michigan
25 *Central Michigan
Nov.
5 #*at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
11 #*Akron, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 #*Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
28 #*at UMass, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Kent State
Aug.
30 *Ohio, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 South Alabama, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
13 at Ohio State
27 at Virginia
Oct.
4 *at NIU
11 *UMass
18 Army, 3:30 pm ET (TBA)
25 *at Miami, 2:30 pm ET (TBA)
Nov.
4 #*Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
12 #*at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 #*at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
25 #*Akron, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)

UMass
Aug.
30 Boston College, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 Colorado, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
13 at Vanderbilt, Noon ET (FOX Sports Net)
20 at Penn State
27 *Bowling Green, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
Oct.
4 *at Miami
11 *at Kent State
18 *Eastern Michigan
25 *at Toledo, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
Nov.
12 *Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
18 *at Akron, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN3)
28 #*Buffalo, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Miami
Aug.
30 Marshall, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 Eastern Kentucky, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
13 at Michigan
20 at Cincinnati
27 *at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (TBA)
Oct.
4 *UMass
11 *at Akron
18 *at NIU
25 *Kent State, 2:30 pm ET (TBA)
Nov.
1 *Western Michigan
15 *at Central Michigan
25 #*Ohio, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)

Ohio
Aug.
30 *at Kent State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Kentucky, 3:30 pm ET (ESPNU)
13 at Marshall, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
20 Idaho
27 Eastern Illinois
Oct.
4 *at Central Michigan
11 *Bowling Green, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
18 *Akron
25 *at Western Michigan
Nov.
5 #*Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
18 #*NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN3)
25 #*at Miami, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPN3)

WEST DIVISION

Ball State
Aug.
30 Colgate, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Iowa
13 Indiana State, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
20 *at Toledo
Oct.
4 at Army
11 *Western Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
18 *at Central Michigan
25 *Akron
Nov.
5 #*NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
12 #*at UMass, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
22 *Eastern Michigan
28 #*at Bowling Green, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Central Michigan
Aug.
28 Tennessee-Chattanooga, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Purdue
13 Syracuse, Noon ET (ESPNU/ESPNews)
20 at Kansas
27 *at Toledo
Oct.
4 *Ohio
11 *at NIU, 5:00 pm ET (TBA)
18 *Ball State
25 *at Buffalo
Nov.
1 *at Eastern Michigan
15 *Miami
22 *Western Michigan

Eastern Michigan
Aug.
30 Morgan State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Florida, 4:00 pm ET (SEC Network)
13 at Old Dominion
20 at Michigan State
Oct.
4 *at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
11 *Buffalo
18 *at UMass
25 *NIU
Nov.
1 *Central Michigan
15 *at Western Michigan
22 *at Ball State
28 #*Toledo, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Northern Illinois (NIU)
Aug.
28 Presbyterian, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 at Northwestern
13 at UNLV
20 at Arkansas
Oct.
4 *Kent State
11 *Central Michigan, 5:00 pm ET/4:00 pm CT (TBA)
18 *Miami
25 *at Eastern Michigan
Nov.
5 #*at Ball State, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
11 #*Toledo, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
18 #*at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPNU/ESPN3)
28 #*at Western Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Toledo
Aug.
30 New Hampshire, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
6 Missouri, Noon ET (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
12 at Cincinnati, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
20 *Ball State
27 *Central Michigan
Oct.
4 *at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (TBA)
11 at Iowa State, 3:30 pm ET (Mediacom Cable/Cyclones.tv)
25 *UMass, 2:00 pm ET (TBA)
Nov.
4 #*at Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
11 #*at NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 #*Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
28 #*at Eastern Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

Western Michigan
Aug.
30 at Purdue
Sep.
13 at Idaho, 5:00 pm ET (TBA)
20 Murray State
27 at Virginia Tech
Oct.
4 *Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (TBA)
11 *at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (TBA)
18 *at Bowling Green
25 *Ohio
Nov.
1 *at Miami
15 *Eastern Michigan
22 *at Central Michigan
28 #*NIU, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Comments (7)

WEIRD — NO BOWLING GREEN VS MIAMI. TIRED OF THESE EAST COAST TEAMS COMING IN WITH NO PROGRAM, MESSING UP THE SCHEDULE, THEN GOING TO A BETTER CONFERENCE (MARSHALL, UCONN, TEMPLE, UMASS).

UConn was never in the MAC, Central Florida was for football only like Temple and UMass. Also at least Marshall was an all sport member. If the league wants to go beyond 12 it needs to be with all sport members not just football only

I’D LIKE TO SEE SOME TEAMS VENTURE OUT. IT SEEMS AS IF TOLEDO, BOWLING GREEN, MIAMI, NORTHERN ILLINOIS, CENTRAL MICHIGAN, AND OHIO COULD LEAVE AND GRAB SOME OTHERS FROM CONF USA AND AMERICAN CONFERENCE. LEAVE TESTICLE TECH, AINT NOTHING GOOD IN EAST OR WEST MICHIGAN, AKRON & KENT (HOW DO YOU TELL THE 2 APART?), BUFFALO BILLS/BULLS, AND UMASS TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

How does NIU, who has been the best team in the MAC for the last 3-4 years, keep getting screwed out of having a big conference team come to DeKalb? Look at this schedule above and you see lesser MAC schools getting home games against the ACC, Big 10, etc. That doesn’t make any sense and is crap.

I’m excited for the Penn State-Akron game. I’ll be there with the Lion Country Lodging ticket package. It’s going to be a great trip!